Sep 23, 2008 - Sale 2154

Sale 2154 - Lot 105

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
FRANK W. BENSON
The Sandpiper.

Etching, 1932. 180x230 mm; 7x9 inches, full margins. First state (of 3). One of 5 proof impressions (there are a total of 13 proof impressions in all 3 states and no published edition). Signed and inscribed "A-3" in pencil, lower left. A superb, dark impression of this extremely scarce print, with crisp, inky plate edges.
We have not found another impression at auction in the past 20 years. Paff 324.